I didn’t intend to take a break from writing, didn’t even know there was such a thing for me, but I have more or less done so. I haven’t touched the novella I started some months ago.

In recent weeks I have read a couple of good fiction books and delighted in streaming classic black and white films free from YouTube, most of them made far before my birth. While watching, I rediscovered my delight and relaxation in crocheting. The movies and crocheting give a space away from the current wor...